John Mellencamp - Covers

*** The "Where available" is under construction. Check out my other pages (45s, 12", CD Singles, Boots, etc.) until I'm done for sources for these songs.

Song
Writer
Where available
All Along The Watchtower Bob Dylan
  • Indiana (boot)
  • MTV Unplugged (video and various boots)
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Waylon Jennings
  • I've Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings
    • Baby, Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams
  • Blue Chips (Movie Soundtrack)
    • Baltimore Oriole Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Francis Webster
  • Trouble No More album
    • Bow Wow Wow Wow David Weiss and Donald Faenson of Was (Not Was). Originally sung by Mitch Ryder.
  • Cuttin' Heads tour
    • Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
  • Louisville, Kentucky, March 11, 1988 concert
    • Capain Bobby Stout Jerry Hahn
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Carolina Shag ?
  • Carolina Shag (boot)
  • Timothy White Sessions- Carolina Shag (radio show)
    • Chain Gang Sam Cooke
  • Like A Rolling Stone (boot)
    • China Girl New, Jeff Silbar
  • American Fool
    • Cold Sweat James Brown, Ellis
  • Scarecrow tour
  • Carolina Shag (boot)
  • Timothy White Sessions- Carolina Shag (radio show)
  • some 45s and CD singles
    • Cold Turkey John Lennon
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Coming Into Los Angeles Arlo Guthrie
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
    • Cut Across Shorty Marijohn Wilkin/Wayne P. Walker (made popular by Eddie Cochran and Rod Stewart)
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Death Letter Son House
  • Trouble No More album
    • Diamond Joe Traditional
  • Trouble No More album
    • Dirty Old Town Clancy Brothers
  • Hard Rock Café TV Appearance
  • Unplugged and More (boot)
    • Do Re Mi Woody Guthrie
  • Folkways: A Vision Shared
  • Timothy White Sessions- Carolina Shag
    • Do You Believe in Magic John B. Sebastian (made popular by Lovin' Spoonful)
  • Chestnut Street Incident
  • The Collection
    • Domino Van Morrison
  • 1979 Shows according to the book "American Fool"
    • Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Animals
  • Noisy & Violent (bootleg)
    • Down By the River Neil Young
  • Grand Rapids, MI Jan. 13 and 14,1995
    • Down In The Bottom Willie Dixon
  • Trouble No More album
  • Good Morning America show, May 30, 2003 (broadcast on June 3, 2003)
    • Down South Jukin' Van Zandt, Rossington (made popular by Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Denver, Colorado, August 16, 1982 (bootleg)
  • Night Dancing (bootleg)
    • Everyday People
  • Music To My Ears Concerts (Timothy White Tribute Shows)
    • Farewell Angelina Bob Dylan
  • Rough Harvest
    • Fire and Water P. Kossoff, P. Rodgers (made popular by The Free)
  • Lincoln, Nebraska 1983 boots
    • Five O'Clock World  
  • Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984
    • Gambling Bar Room Blues Jimmie Rodgers
  • The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers, A Tribute
    • Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
  • Cuttin' Heads tour
    • Gloria Van Morrison
  • Overdrive (bootleg)
    • Graceland Paul Simon
  • Kennedy Center Honors Paul Simon, December 8, 2002
    • Heartbreak Hotel Axton, Durdon, Elvis Presley
  • Noisy and Violent (bootleg)
    • Heroin Velvet Underground
  • Grand Rapids, MI Jan. 13 and 14, 1995
    • Hey Gyp Donovan
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
  • Farm Aid, 2000
  • bonus disc in Best Buy release of Cuttin' Heads
    • Hit the Road Jack Percy Mayfield (made popular by Ray Charles)
  • Chestnut Street Incident Re-release (SMMD 513)
    • Honky Tonk Women Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
  • 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club and The Bottom Line
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Hot Night In A Cold Town Cushing-Murray,Littlefield
  • Nothing matters ***don't know if it's really a cover!
    • I Could Not Believe Willie Nelson
  • Willie Nelson Birthday Party
    • I Fought the Law Sonny Curtis of The Crickets (made popular by Bobby Fuller Four & The Clash)
  • City of Hope concert LA
    • I Get Hot Jonah Ellis
  • Summer Work Tour, 2002
    • I Need Somebody JOsterberg (Iggy Pop), Williamson
  • Chestnut Street Incident Re-release (SMMD 513)
    • In My Time of Dying Blind Willie Johnson (recorded by Bob Dylan in 1962)
  • Rough Harvest
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
  • bonus disc in Best Buy release of Cuttin' Heads
    • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Adotta Kip
  • A Very Special Christmas
  • Up Close '96<>Up Close '98
    • Jailhouse Rock Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (made popular by Elvis Presley)
  • Chestnut Street Incident
  • The Collection
  • Honeymoon In Vegas soundtrack
  • Elvis Has Left The Building - A Tribute to the King
    • Jenny Take A Ride
    based on Little Richard's "Jenny Jenny" and Chuck Willis' "C.C. Rider"     		Mitch Ryder
  • Summer Work Tour, 2002
    • John The Revelator traditional
  • Trouble No More album
    • Johnny Hart Woodie Guthrie
  • Trouble No More album
    • Joliet Bound Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie McCoy
  • Trouble No More album
    • Kicks Mann, Weil
  • U.S. Male
    • Lafayette Lucinda Williams
  • Trouble No More album
    • Land of 1000 Dances Chris Kenner (made popular by Wilson Pickett)
  • The 4th of July (bootleg)
    • Last Of The Rock Stars Elliott Murphy
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
    • Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Bob Dylan
  • Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Celebration
    • Let It All Hang Out D. Cunningham (made popular by The Hombres)
  • Big Daddy
    • Let's Stay Together Al Green
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
  • Bob Dylan: 30th Anniversary Celebration
    • Little Honda Brian Wilson-Mike Love (made popular by The Beach Boys)
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
    • Little Latin Lupe Lu Bill Medley (made popular by The Righteous Brothers & Mitch Ryder)
  • Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
    • Louie Louie Richard Berry
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
    • Loves Me Like a Rock Paul Simon
  • Kennedy Center Honors Paul Simon, December 8, 2002
    • Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Paul Simon
  • Kennedy Center Honors Paul Simon, December 8, 2002
    • Mercedes Benz Janis Joplin
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
    • Mickey's Monkey Holland, Dozier, Holland (Smokey Robinson)
  • Scarecrow tour
    • Mony Mony Bloom, Gentry, James, Cordell
  • Scarecrow tour
    • Mrs. Robinson Paul Simon
  • Kennedy Center Honors Paul Simon, December 8, 2002
    • My Sharonna Doug Fieger, Berton Avarre 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club and The Bottom Line
    Nervous Breakdown M. Roccuzzo
  • 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club and The Bottom Line
    • No Diggity Blackstreet
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • No Fun Iggy Pop? (made popular by The Stooges)
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
    • Nobody But Me R. Isley, O'Kelly Isley
  • Scarecrow tour
    • Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison, Bill Bees
  • Chestnut Street Incident
  • The Collection
    • Oklahoma Hills Woodie Guthrie
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Plastic Jesus Ernie Marrs
  • 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club
    • Please Don't Bury Me John Prine
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
    • Pretty Ballerina M. Brown
  • Noisy and Violent (bootleg)
    • Police and Thieves The Clash
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Proud Mary John Fogerty
  • Scarecrow tour
    • Psychotic Reaction Atkinson-Byrne-Chaney-Ellner-Michalski (made popular by Count Five)
  • Grand Rapids, MI Jan. 13 and 14, 1995
    • Rave On Sonny West, Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman
  • Cocktail (Movie Soundtrack)
    • Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
  • The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (bootleg)
    • Sam Stone John Prine
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
    • Search and Destroy Iggy Pop
  • 1979 Shows according to the book "American Fool"
    • Season of the Witch Donovan
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Seventh Son Willie Dixon
  • Timothy White Sessions- Carolina Shag
  • several CD singles
    • Shama Lama Ding Dong M. Davis (made popular by Otis Day & the Knights)
  • Belmont Mall Studio; Bloomington, Indiana; October 7, 1987 boots such as "The Little Bastard's Birthday Party"
  • Timothy White Sessions- Carolina Shag
    • Shoot Out The Lights Richard & Linda Thompson
  • Noisy & Violent (boot)
  • Night Dancing
  • Night Dancin'
    • Stones In My Passway Robert Johnson
  • 2002 tour
  • Farm Aid 2002
  • Music To My Ears Concerts (Timothy White Tribute Shows)
  • Trouble No More album
  • Trouble No More album promotional appearances
    • Street Fighting Man Mick Jagger, Keith Richards? (made popular by The Rolling Stones)
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
  • Farm Aid, 2000
    • Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart
  • 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club, The Bottom Line and My Father's Place boot
    • Sunshine Superman Donovan
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Supergirl Aldo Legui, Bob Marcus
  • Chestnut Street Incident
    • Sweet Jane Velvet Underground
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
    • Teardrops Will Fall Dicky Doo aka Dave Allard and Marion Smith
  • Trouble No More album
    • The Boxer Paul Simon (made popular by Simon & Garfunkel)
  • Hard Rock Café TV Appearance
  • Unplugged and More (boot)
    • The Early Bird Café John Prine
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984
  • Mellenfest II, Seymour, IN, July 1998
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • The End Of The World Sylvia Dee and Arthur Kent
  • Trouble No More album
    • The Man Who Sold the World David Bowie
  • The Kid Inside CD Re-release (SMMCD 510)
    • The Spider and the Fly Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (made popular by Rolling Stones)
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • This Land Is Your Land Woodie Guthrie
  • Wheels Are Turning (bootleg)
    • This Train (Bound For Glory) Woody Guthrie
  • Summer Work Tour 2002
  • Music To My Ears Concerts (Timothy White Tribute Shows)
    • Thirty Days in the Hole Rick, Roberts (made popular by Humble Pie)
  • Denver, Colorado, August 16, 1982 (bootleg)
  • any Lincoln, NE boot such as "...ROCKS the USA"
    • To Washington traditional (Woody Guthrie)
  • Trouble No More album
    • Turn on Your Love Light Deadric Malone and Joseph Scott. Originally sung by Bobby Bland
  • Scarecrow tour
  • Cuttin' Heads tour
    • Twentieth Century Fox Jim Morrison
  • Chestnut Street Incident
  • The Collection
    • Twilight Zone Golden Earring
  • Murat Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, January 1, 1999
    • Under The Boardwalk A Resnick, K. Young (made popular by The Drifters)
  • Scarecrow tour
  • Rough Harvest
  • R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. single
    • White Middle Class Blues ? (made popular by Elliott Murphy)
  • any Cleveland, OH, July 25, 1984 boot such as "Indiana"
  • the Good Samaritan tour (acoustic shows during August 2000)
    • Wild Night Van Morrison
  • Dance Naked
  • Rough Harvest
    • Wild Thing Chip Taylor (made popular by The Troggs)
  • Like A Rolling Stone (boot)
    • Without Expression Terry Reid
  • The Best That I Could Do
    • Ya-Ya Lee Dorsey
  • Noisy & Violent (boot)
    • You Can't Sit Down Phil Upchurch
  • Scarecrow tour
    • You Can't Always Get What You Want Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (made popular by The Rolling Stones)
  • Denver, Colorado, August 16, 1982 (bootleg)
  • Columbus, Missouri, April 8, 1995
    • You Just Like Me Cause I'm Good in Bed The Skyhooks
  • 1979 Shows like 4 Aces Club, The Bottom Line and My Father's Place
    • Stevie Wonder
  • Conception: An Interpretation of Stevie Wonder's Songs

    • The starting point for this was originally compiled by Edoardo la Sala, (e.lasala@usa.net), Rome, Italy with credits to Anders Forsman, Bryon Jordan, Durk Elliot Brownlee, Marianne M, Pam in Indy, Rob Conley, Linda W., Stefano Bocconetti, and Peter Wassenhoven